bundu

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noun

A wilderness region, away from cities.

OriginShona bundo →
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Meanings

bundu1

nounbundu (plural bundus)

plural bundus

  1. South AfricaA wilderness region, away from cities.

    […] before she reached Pholela in the wintry mountainous bundus of Bulwer.

    2005, Mazo Sybil T. MaDlamini Buthelezi, African Nurse Pioneers in KwaZulu/Natal - 1920-2000, page 113
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    “You start thinking again: ‘It's for all you cunts down there in Pretoria we're getting blown to pieces in this bundu.’”

    1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 291

Bundu2

proper noun

alternative Bondu · alternative Bondou · alternative Boundou

  1. historicalA state in Africa, later a French protectorate dependent on the colony of Senegal.

Bundu3

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Bondo (“Sande society”).

Origin

  1. Shonabundo“grassland”
  2. Englishbundu

From Shona bundo (“grassland”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

bundu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bundu

MLA

“bundu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bundu. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bundu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bundu.

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